EnglishTeachers - Great Immigrant Literature

The Immigrant Experience Through Literature Descriptions of the immigrant experience by those who have lived it.
	http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/index2.cfm?ListID=133
For Young Adults
	ALMOST A WOMAN Santiago, Esmeralda \| Vintage, © 1998 \| B Santiago Negi moves from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn and falls in love.
	The CIRCUIT: STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT CHILD Jiménez, Francisco \| Univ. of New Mexico Press, © 1998 \| FIC J A family's odyssey of impermanence, poverty and hope.
	The COLORS OF FREEDOM: IMMIGRANT STORIES Bode, Janet \| Franklin Watts, © 1999 \| 305.8009 B Fears, dreams, recipes, photos and more from immigrant teens.
	The COOK'S FAMILY Yep, Laurence \| Putnam, © 1998 \| FIC Y Robin discovers her Chinese heritage.
	DESERT FLOWER: THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF A DESERT NOMAD Dirie, Waris \| William Morrow, © 1998 \| B Dirie A young girl tries to flee her culture's traditions.
	LAS CHRISTMAS Santiago, Esmeralda \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 1998 \| 394.2663 C Celebrated Latino authors recount their memories of Christmas.
	REMIX: CONVERSATIONS WITH IMMIGRANT TEENAGERS Budhos, Marina Tamar \| Henry Holt, © 1999 \| 920.0083 B Finding their way in America.
	SOMETHING TO DECLARE Alvarez, Julia \| Algonquin, © 1998 \| 814 Alvarez Alvarez learns to write about her heritage.
	The YEAR OF OUR REVOLUTION Cofer, Judith Ortiz \| Arte Público, © 1998 \| 868 Ortiz Cofer Even in America there is a price to pay for love.










For Older Readers
	BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA Avi \| Orchard, © 1996 \| J FIC A The fates of the son of an English lord and a poor Irish brother and sister become intertwined as they make their way to Liverpool for the voyage to America.
	COMING TO AMERICA: THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION Maestro, Betsy \| Scholastic, © 1996 \| J 304.87 M The history of immigration to the United States from its first settlers to contemporary times.
	IF YOUR NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND Levine, Ellen \| Scholastic, © 1993 \| J 325.1 L Question and answers about the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island from the 1880's to 1914.
	IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON Lord, Bette Bao \| HarperCollins, © 1984 \| J FIC L Shirley Temple Wong embraces American life in 1947 Brooklyn.
	JOURNEY OF THE SPARROWS Buss, Fran Leeper \| Lodestar, © 1991 \| J FIC B A young girl endures a harrowing flight from El Salvador to Chicago.
	LETTERS FROM RIFKA Hesse, Karen \| Holt, © 1992 \| J FIC H Writing in the margins of her treasured book of poetry, Rifka describes her diffiicult journey from Russia to America in 1918.
Novels, Short Stories, Poetry
	The ANGEL MAX Glassgold, Peter \| Harcourt Brace, © 1998 \| FIC G Revolutionary politics of 1880's New York centers around three generations of a Jewish immigrant family.
	A BAR IN BROOKLYN: NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES 1970-1978 Codrecu, Andrei \| Black Sparrow, © 1999 \| FIC C A collection of immigrant stories by an author who emigrated from Romania.
	BETTER THAN GOLD: AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY'S FIRST YEARS IN BROOKLYN Silver, Fannie \| Jewish Heritage, © 1997 \| FIC S Short stories recount the family life of a Jewish immigrant girl in the early 1920's.
	BEYOND THE LIMBO SILENCE Nuñez, Elizabeth \| Seal Press, © 1998 \| FIC N In 1963 a young woman from Trinidad attends a Wisconsin college.
	The BIG BANANA Quesada, Roberto \| Arte Público, © 1999 \| FIC Q A Honduran actor tries to survive in the "Big Banana"; New York City.
	BREAD GIVERS Yezierska, Anzia \| Braziller, © 1999 (c1925) \| FIC Y A young woman struggles to free herself from the traditional female role in an Orthodox Jewish family.
	CHINHOMINEY'S SECRET Kim, Nancy \| Bridge Works, © 1999 \| FIC K A portrait of the intergenerational and cultural conflicts within a Korean family.
	COMFORT WOMAN Keller, Nora Okja \| Viking, © 1997 \| FIC K This novel explores the universal conflict between mother and daughter through the voices of a young Korean-American girl and her spiritual mother.
	EMPRESS OF THE SPLENDID SEASON Hijuelos, Oscar \| HarperFlamingo, © 1999 \| FIC H Disowned by her Cuban family, Lydia works as a seamstress in New York.
	FASTING, FEASTING Desai, Anita \| Mariner, © 1999 \| FIC D East and West clash in this arresting novel set in India and the US.
	The GANGSTER OF LOVE Hagedorn, Jessica \| Houghton Mifflin, © 1996 \| FIC H The Philippine Rivera family comes to the United States to make a new life.
	GARDEN OF EXILE: POEMS Rodriguez, Aleida \| Sarabande, © 1999 \| 811 Rodriguez A first collection of poems by a Cuban exile, written in English and Spanish.
	GEOGRAPHIES OF HOME Pérez, Loida Maritza \| Viking, © 1999 \| FIC P In this first novel Iliana, a Dominican immigrant, attends college in New York.
	A GESTURE LIFE Lee, Chang-rae \| Riverhead Books, © 1999 \| FIC L A Japanese man of Korean birth strives to become part of the melting pot.
	GROWING UP ETHNIC IN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY FICTION ABOUT LEARNING TO BE AMERICAN Gillan, Jennifer & Maria M., eds. \| Penguin, © 1999 \| 813.54 G An anthology of stories by noted authors about the immigrant experience.
	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Dubus, Andre, III \| W.W. Norton, © 1999 \| FIC D A former colonel in the Iranian army contends with life in Miami.
	The HOUSEGUEST Rossi, Agnes \| Dutton, © 2000 \| FIC R An Irish immigrant settles in Paterson, NJ and falls in love with his host's wife.
	The IMMIGRANT TRAIN AND OTHER STORIES Petesch, Natalie L. M. \| Swallow, © 1996 \| FIC P Short stories based on the author's family who were poor Polish immigrants.
	INTERPRETER OF MALADIES Lahiri, Jhumpa \| Houghton Mifflin, © 1999 \| FIC L Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this accomplished collection of short stories explores the lives of Indian immigrants.
	The IRISH STORIES OF SARAH ORNE JEWETT Jewett, Sarah Orne \| Southern Illinois Univ., © 1996 \| FIC J Eight literary portraits of Irish immigrants who settled in the 19th Century.
	JAGUAR: A STORY OF AFRICANS IN AMERICA Stoller, Paul \| Univ. of Chicago, © 1999 \| FIC S A Nigerian street vendor in Harlem seeks residency in the U.S.A.
	MEMORIES OF MY GHOST BROTHER Fenkl, Heinz Insu \| Dutton, © 1997 \| FIC F A young Amerasian comes to terms with his own identity and memories of a lost half-brother.
	MONKEY BRIDGE Cao, Lan \| Viking, © 1997 \| FIC C An insightful story by a Vietnamese American about the war experience.
	The NEW SWEET STYLE Aksyonov, Vassily \| Random House, © 1999 \| FIC A Picaresque novel about a Russian artist who tries his luck in the United States.
	ODYSSEY TO THE NORTH Bencastro, Mario \| Arte Público, © 1998 \| FIC B Calixto escapes torture in El Salvador.
	The PROMISED LAND Veltfort, Ruhama \| Milkweed Editions, © 1998 \| FIC V Spiritual tale of Orthodox Jewish immigrant pioneers.
	SARI OF THE GODS Sharat Chandra, G. S. \| Coffee House, © 1998 \| FIC S Nineteen short stories dealing with the experiences of Indian immigrants.
	TROPICAL TOWN AND OTHER POEMS Selva, Salomón de la \| Arte Público, © 1999 \| 811 Selva This collection deals with the Nicaraguan poet's experiences in World War I and as an exile from his homeland.
	WHO'S IRISH? STORIES Jen, Gish \| Knopf, © 1999 \| FIC J In eight lively stories, the author chronicles Chinese and other immigrant groups as they exuberantly take on America.
Biography and Memoir
	The ALPHABET IN MY HANDS: A WRITING LIFE Agosín, Marjorie \| Rutgers Univ., © 2000 \| B Agosín The granddaughter of Jewish immigrants, who fled the Nazis, describes her journey from Chile to Georgia.
	BAREFOOT HEART: STORIES OF A MIGRANT CHILD Hart, Elva Treviño \| Bilingual, © 1999 \| B Hart The daughter of Mexican immigrants recounts her family's struggle to stay together.
	BECOMING AMERICAN: PERSONAL ESSAYS BY FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT WOMEN Danquah, Meri N., ed. \| Hyperion, © 2000 \| 305.4896 B Twenty-three women from a variety of countries describe their experiences
	A DREAM FOR GILBERTO: AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY'S STRUGGLE TO BECOME AMERICAN Young, Billie \| J-Press, © 1999 \| B Alzate Y A Colombian street kid manages to bring his family to the US.
	FROM A HIGH PLACE: A LIFE OF ARSHILE GORKY Spender, Matthew \| Knopf, © 1999 \| B Gorky S The tragic life of an Armenian immigrant who won fame as an expressionistic painter.
	HEADING SOUTH, LOOKING NORTH Dorfman, Ariel \| Farrar, Straus & Giroux, © 1998 \| B Dorfman A Chilean expatriate's quest for identity.
	I LOVE GOOTIE: MY GRANDMOTHER'S STORY Apple, Max \| Warner Books, © 1998 \| B Apple Recollections of the times the author spent with his Lithuanian grandmother.
	IN JEWISH TEXAS: A FAMILY MEMOIR Ely, Stanley E. \| Texas Christian Univ., © 1998 \| B Ely The author's family and friends immigrate to Galveston, Texas.
	The JEW STORE: A FAMILY MEMOIR Suberman, Stella \| Algonquin, © 1998 \| B Suberman A Russian immigrant's search for a place to settle his family and find his fortune.
	JOSÉ LIMÓN: AN UNFINISHED MEMOIR Limón, José \| Univ. Pr. of New England, © 1999 \| B Limón Born in Culiacán, México, the dancer is reborn in Doris Humphrey's studio.
	KINSHIP: A FAMILY'S JOURNEY IN AFRICA AND AMERICA Wamba, Phillipe E. \| Dutton, © 1999 \| 929.2097 W A combination of history and memoir by an African American journalist.
	LETTERS OF TRANSIT: REFLECTIONS ON EXILE, IDENTITY, LANGUAGE AND LOSS Aciman, Andre, ed. \| New Press, © 1999 \| 304.8092 L Essays by five outstanding authors on the experience of exile.
	MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: A MEMOIR Ehrlich, Elizabeth \| Viking, © 1997 \| B Ehrlich The author connects with the past by recounting memories and preserving recipes.
	OUT OF PLACE: A MEMOIR Said, Edward \| Random, © 1999 \| B Said The author, now an American citizen, reflects on his Palestinian childhood.
	PAPER DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR Mar, M. Elaine \| HarperCollins, © 1999 \| B Mar A young Chinese woman struggles to shape her identity.
	PLACES LEFT UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF CREATION Santos, John Phillip \| Viking, © 1999 \| B Santos A Mexican American journalist explores his family's history.
	POLITE LIES: ON BEING A WOMAN CAUGHT BETWEEN CULTURES Mori, Kyoko \| Henry Holt, © 1998 \| B Mori In beautifully written essays, Mori examines the ways in which truth is circumvented in America and in her native Japan.
	REMEMBERING AHANAGRAN: STORYTELLING IN A FAMILY'S PAST White, Richard \| Hill & Wang, © 1998 \| B White Oral recollections of the author's Irish mother, who immigrated to Chicago in 1935.
	SCATTERING THE ASHES Boza, Maria del Carmen \| Bilingual, © 1998 \| B Boza Boza describes her unhappy childhood within a Cuban exile family in Miami.
	A SONG FOR MARY: AN IRISH-AMERICAN MEMORY Smith, Dennis \| Warner Books, © 1999 \| B Smith Reminiscence of an Irish boyhood on Manhattan's East Side soon after World War II.
	'TIS. A MEMOIR McCourt, Frank \| Scribner, © 1999 \| B McCourt A poverty-stricken, uneducated Irish immigrant becomes a New York schoolteacher. Sequel to Angela's Ashes.
Non-Fiction
	BEYOND THE NARROW GATE: THE JOURNEY OF FOUR CHINESE WOMEN FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO MIDDLE AMERICA Chang, Leslie \| Dutton, © 1999 \| 305.4889 C Four immigrant Chinese women face hardships as they journey from East to West.
	I BEGIN MY LIFE ALL OVER: THE HMONG AND THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE Faderman, Lillian with Ghia Xiong \| Beacon, © 1998 \| 305.8959 F A deeply moving oral history of the Hmongs' odyssey to the U.S.A.
	MORTAR IN MY BLOOD: AN ITALIAN ODYSSEY Puzio, Frank Mauro \| Dorrance, © 1996 \| 974.71 P Family history pervaded by the importance of traditional values and heritage.
	MY FAMILY: THE JEWISH IMMIGRANTS Beim, Norman \| NewConcept, © 1997 \| 812 Beim Six powerful plays dealing with the immigrant experience.
	NEW STRANGERS IN PARADISE: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION Muller, Gilbert H. \| Univ. Pr. of Kentucky, © 1999 \| 813.009 M A guide to outstanding immigrant literature.
	TESSIE AND PEARLIE: A GRANDDAUGHTER'S STORY Horowitz, Joy \| Scribner, © 1996 \| 920.0092H A loving tribute to the author's 93 year old Jewish grandmothers.
	TOUGH JEWS: FATHERS, SONS AND GANGSTER DREAMS IN JEWISH AMERICA Cohen, Rich \| Simon & Schuster, © 1998 \| 364.3492 C A unique time in the history of American Jewish immigration in New York.
	UNFINISHED PEOPLE: EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS ENCOUNTER AMERICA Gay, Ruth \| W W Norton, © 1996 \| 305.8924 G Essays and memoirs portray Jewish customs and traditions.
	ZULU: AN IRISH JOURNEY Mathieu, Joan \| Syracuse Univ., © 1998 \| 304.8094 M A social history of Irish immigrants based on the author's family story.

The Immigrant Experience Through Literature Descriptions of the immigrant experience by those who have lived it.
	http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/index2.cfm?ListID=133
For Young Adults
	ALMOST A WOMAN Santiago, Esmeralda \| Vintage, © 1998 \| B Santiago Negi moves from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn and falls in love.
	The CIRCUIT: STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT CHILD Jiménez, Francisco \| Univ. of New Mexico Press, © 1998 \| FIC J A family's odyssey of impermanence, poverty and hope.
	The COLORS OF FREEDOM: IMMIGRANT STORIES Bode, Janet \| Franklin Watts, © 1999 \| 305.8009 B Fears, dreams, recipes, photos and more from immigrant teens.
	The COOK'S FAMILY Yep, Laurence \| Putnam, © 1998 \| FIC Y Robin discovers her Chinese heritage.
	DESERT FLOWER: THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF A DESERT NOMAD Dirie, Waris \| William Morrow, © 1998 \| B Dirie A young girl tries to flee her culture's traditions.
	LAS CHRISTMAS Santiago, Esmeralda \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 1998 \| 394.2663 C Celebrated Latino authors recount their memories of Christmas.
	REMIX: CONVERSATIONS WITH IMMIGRANT TEENAGERS Budhos, Marina Tamar \| Henry Holt, © 1999 \| 920.0083 B Finding their way in America.
	SOMETHING TO DECLARE Alvarez, Julia \| Algonquin, © 1998 \| 814 Alvarez Alvarez learns to write about her heritage.
	The YEAR OF OUR REVOLUTION Cofer, Judith Ortiz \| Arte Público, © 1998 \| 868 Ortiz Cofer Even in America there is a price to pay for love.










For Older Readers
	BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA Avi \| Orchard, © 1996 \| J FIC A The fates of the son of an English lord and a poor Irish brother and sister become intertwined as they make their way to Liverpool for the voyage to America.
	COMING TO AMERICA: THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION Maestro, Betsy \| Scholastic, © 1996 \| J 304.87 M The history of immigration to the United States from its first settlers to contemporary times.
	IF YOUR NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND Levine, Ellen \| Scholastic, © 1993 \| J 325.1 L Question and answers about the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island from the 1880's to 1914.
	IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON Lord, Bette Bao \| HarperCollins, © 1984 \| J FIC L Shirley Temple Wong embraces American life in 1947 Brooklyn.
	JOURNEY OF THE SPARROWS Buss, Fran Leeper \| Lodestar, © 1991 \| J FIC B A young girl endures a harrowing flight from El Salvador to Chicago.
	LETTERS FROM RIFKA Hesse, Karen \| Holt, © 1992 \| J FIC H Writing in the margins of her treasured book of poetry, Rifka describes her diffiicult journey from Russia to America in 1918.
Novels, Short Stories, Poetry
	The ANGEL MAX Glassgold, Peter \| Harcourt Brace, © 1998 \| FIC G Revolutionary politics of 1880's New York centers around three generations of a Jewish immigrant family.
	A BAR IN BROOKLYN: NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES 1970-1978 Codrecu, Andrei \| Black Sparrow, © 1999 \| FIC C A collection of immigrant stories by an author who emigrated from Romania.
	BETTER THAN GOLD: AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY'S FIRST YEARS IN BROOKLYN Silver, Fannie \| Jewish Heritage, © 1997 \| FIC S Short stories recount the family life of a Jewish immigrant girl in the early 1920's.
	BEYOND THE LIMBO SILENCE Nuñez, Elizabeth \| Seal Press, © 1998 \| FIC N In 1963 a young woman from Trinidad attends a Wisconsin college.
	The BIG BANANA Quesada, Roberto \| Arte Público, © 1999 \| FIC Q A Honduran actor tries to survive in the "Big Banana"; New York City.
	BREAD GIVERS Yezierska, Anzia \| Braziller, © 1999 (c1925) \| FIC Y A young woman struggles to free herself from the traditional female role in an Orthodox Jewish family.
	CHINHOMINEY'S SECRET Kim, Nancy \| Bridge Works, © 1999 \| FIC K A portrait of the intergenerational and cultural conflicts within a Korean family.
	COMFORT WOMAN Keller, Nora Okja \| Viking, © 1997 \| FIC K This novel explores the universal conflict between mother and daughter through the voices of a young Korean-American girl and her spiritual mother.
	EMPRESS OF THE SPLENDID SEASON Hijuelos, Oscar \| HarperFlamingo, © 1999 \| FIC H Disowned by her Cuban family, Lydia works as a seamstress in New York.
	FASTING, FEASTING Desai, Anita \| Mariner, © 1999 \| FIC D East and West clash in this arresting novel set in India and the US.
	The GANGSTER OF LOVE Hagedorn, Jessica \| Houghton Mifflin, © 1996 \| FIC H The Philippine Rivera family comes to the United States to make a new life.
	GARDEN OF EXILE: POEMS Rodriguez, Aleida \| Sarabande, © 1999 \| 811 Rodriguez A first collection of poems by a Cuban exile, written in English and Spanish.
	GEOGRAPHIES OF HOME Pérez, Loida Maritza \| Viking, © 1999 \| FIC P In this first novel Iliana, a Dominican immigrant, attends college in New York.
	A GESTURE LIFE Lee, Chang-rae \| Riverhead Books, © 1999 \| FIC L A Japanese man of Korean birth strives to become part of the melting pot.
	GROWING UP ETHNIC IN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY FICTION ABOUT LEARNING TO BE AMERICAN Gillan, Jennifer & Maria M., eds. \| Penguin, © 1999 \| 813.54 G An anthology of stories by noted authors about the immigrant experience.
	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Dubus, Andre, III \| W.W. Norton, © 1999 \| FIC D A former colonel in the Iranian army contends with life in Miami.
	The HOUSEGUEST Rossi, Agnes \| Dutton, © 2000 \| FIC R An Irish immigrant settles in Paterson, NJ and falls in love with his host's wife.
	The IMMIGRANT TRAIN AND OTHER STORIES Petesch, Natalie L. M. \| Swallow, © 1996 \| FIC P Short stories based on the author's family who were poor Polish immigrants.
	INTERPRETER OF MALADIES Lahiri, Jhumpa \| Houghton Mifflin, © 1999 \| FIC L Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this accomplished collection of short stories explores the lives of Indian immigrants.
	The IRISH STORIES OF SARAH ORNE JEWETT Jewett, Sarah Orne \| Southern Illinois Univ., © 1996 \| FIC J Eight literary portraits of Irish immigrants who settled in the 19th Century.
	JAGUAR: A STORY OF AFRICANS IN AMERICA Stoller, Paul \| Univ. of Chicago, © 1999 \| FIC S A Nigerian street vendor in Harlem seeks residency in the U.S.A.
	MEMORIES OF MY GHOST BROTHER Fenkl, Heinz Insu \| Dutton, © 1997 \| FIC F A young Amerasian comes to terms with his own identity and memories of a lost half-brother.
	MONKEY BRIDGE Cao, Lan \| Viking, © 1997 \| FIC C An insightful story by a Vietnamese American about the war experience.
	The NEW SWEET STYLE Aksyonov, Vassily \| Random House, © 1999 \| FIC A Picaresque novel about a Russian artist who tries his luck in the United States.
	ODYSSEY TO THE NORTH Bencastro, Mario \| Arte Público, © 1998 \| FIC B Calixto escapes torture in El Salvador.
	The PROMISED LAND Veltfort, Ruhama \| Milkweed Editions, © 1998 \| FIC V Spiritual tale of Orthodox Jewish immigrant pioneers.
	SARI OF THE GODS Sharat Chandra, G. S. \| Coffee House, © 1998 \| FIC S Nineteen short stories dealing with the experiences of Indian immigrants.
	TROPICAL TOWN AND OTHER POEMS Selva, Salomón de la \| Arte Público, © 1999 \| 811 Selva This collection deals with the Nicaraguan poet's experiences in World War I and as an exile from his homeland.
	WHO'S IRISH? STORIES Jen, Gish \| Knopf, © 1999 \| FIC J In eight lively stories, the author chronicles Chinese and other immigrant groups as they exuberantly take on America.
Biography and Memoir
	The ALPHABET IN MY HANDS: A WRITING LIFE Agosín, Marjorie \| Rutgers Univ., © 2000 \| B Agosín The granddaughter of Jewish immigrants, who fled the Nazis, describes her journey from Chile to Georgia.
	BAREFOOT HEART: STORIES OF A MIGRANT CHILD Hart, Elva Treviño \| Bilingual, © 1999 \| B Hart The daughter of Mexican immigrants recounts her family's struggle to stay together.
	BECOMING AMERICAN: PERSONAL ESSAYS BY FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT WOMEN Danquah, Meri N., ed. \| Hyperion, © 2000 \| 305.4896 B Twenty-three women from a variety of countries describe their experiences
	A DREAM FOR GILBERTO: AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY'S STRUGGLE TO BECOME AMERICAN Young, Billie \| J-Press, © 1999 \| B Alzate Y A Colombian street kid manages to bring his family to the US.
	FROM A HIGH PLACE: A LIFE OF ARSHILE GORKY Spender, Matthew \| Knopf, © 1999 \| B Gorky S The tragic life of an Armenian immigrant who won fame as an expressionistic painter.
	HEADING SOUTH, LOOKING NORTH Dorfman, Ariel \| Farrar, Straus & Giroux, © 1998 \| B Dorfman A Chilean expatriate's quest for identity.
	I LOVE GOOTIE: MY GRANDMOTHER'S STORY Apple, Max \| Warner Books, © 1998 \| B Apple Recollections of the times the author spent with his Lithuanian grandmother.
	IN JEWISH TEXAS: A FAMILY MEMOIR Ely, Stanley E. \| Texas Christian Univ., © 1998 \| B Ely The author's family and friends immigrate to Galveston, Texas.
	The JEW STORE: A FAMILY MEMOIR Suberman, Stella \| Algonquin, © 1998 \| B Suberman A Russian immigrant's search for a place to settle his family and find his fortune.
	JOSÉ LIMÓN: AN UNFINISHED MEMOIR Limón, José \| Univ. Pr. of New England, © 1999 \| B Limón Born in Culiacán, México, the dancer is reborn in Doris Humphrey's studio.
	KINSHIP: A FAMILY'S JOURNEY IN AFRICA AND AMERICA Wamba, Phillipe E. \| Dutton, © 1999 \| 929.2097 W A combination of history and memoir by an African American journalist.
	LETTERS OF TRANSIT: REFLECTIONS ON EXILE, IDENTITY, LANGUAGE AND LOSS Aciman, Andre, ed. \| New Press, © 1999 \| 304.8092 L Essays by five outstanding authors on the experience of exile.
	MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: A MEMOIR Ehrlich, Elizabeth \| Viking, © 1997 \| B Ehrlich The author connects with the past by recounting memories and preserving recipes.
	OUT OF PLACE: A MEMOIR Said, Edward \| Random, © 1999 \| B Said The author, now an American citizen, reflects on his Palestinian childhood.
	PAPER DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR Mar, M. Elaine \| HarperCollins, © 1999 \| B Mar A young Chinese woman struggles to shape her identity.
	PLACES LEFT UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF CREATION Santos, John Phillip \| Viking, © 1999 \| B Santos A Mexican American journalist explores his family's history.
	POLITE LIES: ON BEING A WOMAN CAUGHT BETWEEN CULTURES Mori, Kyoko \| Henry Holt, © 1998 \| B Mori In beautifully written essays, Mori examines the ways in which truth is circumvented in America and in her native Japan.
	REMEMBERING AHANAGRAN: STORYTELLING IN A FAMILY'S PAST White, Richard \| Hill & Wang, © 1998 \| B White Oral recollections of the author's Irish mother, who immigrated to Chicago in 1935.
	SCATTERING THE ASHES Boza, Maria del Carmen \| Bilingual, © 1998 \| B Boza Boza describes her unhappy childhood within a Cuban exile family in Miami.
	A SONG FOR MARY: AN IRISH-AMERICAN MEMORY Smith, Dennis \| Warner Books, © 1999 \| B Smith Reminiscence of an Irish boyhood on Manhattan's East Side soon after World War II.
	'TIS. A MEMOIR McCourt, Frank \| Scribner, © 1999 \| B McCourt A poverty-stricken, uneducated Irish immigrant becomes a New York schoolteacher. Sequel to Angela's Ashes.
Non-Fiction
	BEYOND THE NARROW GATE: THE JOURNEY OF FOUR CHINESE WOMEN FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO MIDDLE AMERICA Chang, Leslie \| Dutton, © 1999 \| 305.4889 C Four immigrant Chinese women face hardships as they journey from East to West.
	I BEGIN MY LIFE ALL OVER: THE HMONG AND THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE Faderman, Lillian with Ghia Xiong \| Beacon, © 1998 \| 305.8959 F A deeply moving oral history of the Hmongs' odyssey to the U.S.A.
	MORTAR IN MY BLOOD: AN ITALIAN ODYSSEY Puzio, Frank Mauro \| Dorrance, © 1996 \| 974.71 P Family history pervaded by the importance of traditional values and heritage.
	MY FAMILY: THE JEWISH IMMIGRANTS Beim, Norman \| NewConcept, © 1997 \| 812 Beim Six powerful plays dealing with the immigrant experience.
	NEW STRANGERS IN PARADISE: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION Muller, Gilbert H. \| Univ. Pr. of Kentucky, © 1999 \| 813.009 M A guide to outstanding immigrant literature.
	TESSIE AND PEARLIE: A GRANDDAUGHTER'S STORY Horowitz, Joy \| Scribner, © 1996 \| 920.0092H A loving tribute to the author's 93 year old Jewish grandmothers.
	TOUGH JEWS: FATHERS, SONS AND GANGSTER DREAMS IN JEWISH AMERICA Cohen, Rich \| Simon & Schuster, © 1998 \| 364.3492 C A unique time in the history of American Jewish immigration in New York.
	UNFINISHED PEOPLE: EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS ENCOUNTER AMERICA Gay, Ruth \| W W Norton, © 1996 \| 305.8924 G Essays and memoirs portray Jewish customs and traditions.
	ZULU: AN IRISH JOURNEY Mathieu, Joan \| Syracuse Univ., © 1998 \| 304.8094 M A social history of Irish immigrants based on the author's family story.

The Immigrant Experience Through Literature Descriptions of the immigrant experience by those who have lived it.